Chapter 120 Xiaoqiu's childhood is complete
Shi Yue knew Aunt Lu quite well; she had always been the one who doted on the children the most in the Zhao family.
Although Aunt Lu often scolds Old Man Zhao and Zhao Hui, she has never gotten angry with the two children, Zhao Ran and Shi Qiu Shui. Even when Shi Qiu Shui and Zhao Ran fought with other children, she didn't say anything about the two children.
So when Shi Yue opened the door of the Zhao family and saw Aunt Lu standing in front of the two children with a cold face and scolding them, he guessed that the two children must have been naughty again.
Shi Yue asked: "Hey, what's going on?"
What did these two kids do to make Aunt Lu, who dotes on her children, so angry?
As soon as Shi Yue spoke, everyone in the room looked over and realized that Shi Yue was back.
Aunt Lu: "Hey, Xiaoshi, you're back?"
She glanced around and noticed that Shi Yue was holding a cake box in each hand. Needless to say, there must be a portion for her family. After all, Shi Yue and Shi Qiushui, father and daughter, couldn't finish two cakes.
She frowned and was about to criticize Shi Yue for wasting money when Shi Yue spoke up, "Come on, Aunt Lu, come pick it up. This is a cake I just bought near the Great Wall Hotel. They said it was called something, red velvet. Yes, red velvet cake!"
Aunt Lu: "Red velvet cake? That's a pretty nice name."
As Shi Yue handed over the slightly larger cake, he said, "The clerk at the cake shop told me that this cake not only has a nice name, but it's also delicious. They said it's called that because it tastes as smooth as velvet."
Aunt Lu: "Really? Then this cake is not cheap, right?"
Shi Yue waved his hand: "It's okay, not much money."
As soon as Aunt Lu heard this, she knew that Shi Yue was not telling the truth, but the cake had already been bought, so she didn't say anything to spoil the fun. Anyway, she remembered Shi Yue's kindness in her heart, and thought that when her family made something delicious one day, she would bring it to Shi Yue.
She put the cake on the table and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll try it later to see if it's as smooth as velvet as people say."
Shi Yue: "Okay, try it and see if it suits your taste. If it tastes good, I'll go there and buy more next time."
"OK."
Aunt Lu didn't bother to be polite with Shi Yue and readily agreed. Looking at Shi Yue who had been standing for a long time after coming in, she pointed at the sofa and said, "Shi Yue, sit down."
"Okay, I'll sit for a while." Shi Yue sat down and looked at the two children who were still standing there as punishment. He said to Aunt Lu, "By the way, Aunt, did our Xiaoqiu bring your Zhaoran along to act up again?"
He said, "If our Xiaoqiu does anything wrong, just tell me directly. I don't treat you as an outsider anyway, so don't be polite. Just say what you need to say. If she doesn't listen to you, just hit her directly and I won't say anything."
Aunt Lu: "That's not the case. Xiaoqiu is still very well behaved."
Well, it’s only been a few minutes since the old lady hardened her heart, and she’s protecting her child again.
Shi Yue: "What do you mean by obedient? If she were really obedient, she wouldn't have pissed you off like this today."
He deliberately said to Shi Qiushui with a cold face: "Shi Qiushui, tell me yourself, what bad things did you do today?"
Shi Qiu Shui looked at Shi Yue with a guilty look in her eyes and didn't dare to speak.
According to her understanding of her father, if her father knew that she went to play with stray dogs today, he would definitely beat her up.
Hey.
When Shi Yue saw Shi Qiu Shui like this, he immediately guessed that Shi Qiu Shui must have done something he didn't allow.
Aunt Lu did not hide anything from Shi Qiu Shui and immediately told Shi Yue everything she had seen today.
When Shi Yue heard that Shi Qiu Shui and other kids were lying on the school wall to tease stray dogs, his face immediately changed. He took a deep breath with a dark face, trying to suppress the anger in his heart, but it didn't work, he couldn't suppress it at all!
Wild dog, that's a wild dog!
Is that something you can just joke about?
He said in a chilling tone, "Alright, Shi Qiushui, you're capable again, aren't you? Now you're even teasing a stray dog?"
Although he kept telling himself that this was not at home and there were outsiders around, including Shi Qiu Shui's friends, he still couldn't help but say something to Shi Qiu Shui.
Shi Qiushui pouted and explained, "No, Dad, I didn't tease the stray dog. It was Chen Xin and the others who teased it. I was just watching from the side."
She wanted to say it before, she didn't tease the dog, she was just watching from the side!
She tugged at Zhao Ran's sleeve and said, "Zhao Ran didn't tease the dog. We were just watching from the side. Zhao Ran, don't you think so?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "Well, we didn't tease the dog."
Hearing this, Shi Yue's expression didn't improve at all. His face was still as sullen as ever. He asked, "Watching? Do you still think you didn't tease the dog, you were just watching from the sidelines?"
This is only happening at the Zhao family. If it was at the Shi family, Shi Yue would have picked up Shi Qiu Shui and spanked her hard on the butt.
He finally realized that he had to beat this kid!
He was soft-hearted before and did not give Shi Qiu Shui a complete childhood, so Shi Qiu Shui became even more daring!
Sensing his father's anger, Shi Qiushui shrank his neck and quickly acted like a good boy: "Dad, dad, I was wrong. Don't be angry. I promise that next time someone teases a stray dog, I will definitely not go over to watch the fun."
"Next time? Do you want a next time?" Shi Yue's face was cold. He really couldn't bear it anymore. This child really needed to be taken back and taught a lesson! He picked up Shi Qiushui and said, "Aunt Lu, I'm going to take the child back first. I'll come back another day."
Of course, Aunt Lu saw what Shi Yue was going to do. She softened her heart and pleaded for Shi Qiushui, "Well, Shi Yue, don't be too angry. Xiaoqiu is sensible. She didn't dare to get too close, nor did she dare..."
She couldn't continue speaking. The child was too naughty and deserved to be beaten. She thought about it and her soft heart couldn't make her say that she wouldn't beat the child.
She pursed her lips and said, "Well, Shi Yue, even if you want to beat the child, please be gentle. Just spank the child twice. The child still has to go to school tomorrow. If you hit him too hard, he won't be able to go to school."
Shi Qiu Shui widened his eyes and looked at Aunt Lu in disbelief.
How could her kind and amiable Grandma Lu say such a thing?!
Aunt Lu avoided Shi Qiu Shui's gaze.
Shi Qiu Shui's heart suddenly felt cold.
Shi Yue: "Aunt Lu, don't worry, I have an answer."
Shi Yue took Shi Qiu Shui home with a dark face. After entering the house, he pressed Shi Qiu Shui on the sofa and started spanking her butt.
While beating him, he said, "Why are you so disobedient? What did I tell you last time? I told you to be careful, be safe. How many times have I told you that? Why didn't you listen at all? Before, you were fighting with others. At least the other party was a human being. Even if you couldn't beat him, you could only take a few hits. But this time is different. You directly invited the wild dogs. Do you really want to die? Don't you?"
Shi Qiushui was beaten and burst into tears: "Waaaaa, I didn't, I didn't..."
Shi Yue: "You have nothing, it's a wild dog! With your small arms and legs, if you get bit by a wild dog, you will at least lose a piece of meat! And that's if you're lucky. If you're unlucky and run into a rabid dog, you'll die. Do you know? There's no medicine to cure rabies!"
Shi Qiushui: "Wow, wow, wow, I didn't recruit any stray dogs."
She cried miserably, explaining as she cried, "I didn't tease the stray dogs. It was Chen Xin and the others who did. I just wanted to see what they were doing, so I came over..."
Shi Qiu Shui felt so aggrieved. Halfway through practice today, she saw Chen Xin and several classmates walking towards the wall in a mysterious way. She thought Chen Xin and the others had worked out some new tricks. Adhering to the principle of knowing yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle, she pulled Zhao Ran and followed them. Who would have thought that Chen Xin and those bad boys were so mysterious just to go to the wall to tease the wild dogs!
As soon as she saw what Chen Xin and the others were doing while clinging to the wall, she wanted to drag Zhao Ran away, but before she could get down from the wall, Aunt Lu came...
Shi Yue: "Are you still feeling wronged?! Even if you didn't know they were teasing the dog, since you saw it, you should have left immediately. Why didn't you leave and join in the fun?!"
He frowned and said, "You usually like to join in the fun, but can you really join in on something like this? A stray dog is a dog! It doesn't have a human brain. If you stand next to those bad boys teasing dogs, can it tell who is who?"
Shi Qiushui: "Wow wow wow, I'm about to leave, and here comes Grandma Lu..."
Shi Yue almost laughed out of anger: "Do you still think it's an unfortunate coincidence that your Grandma Lu came here?"
Shi Qiu Shui didn't dare to say it, but that's what he thought.
Shi Yue: ...
Shi Yue was so angry that he couldn't speak, and spanked Shi Qiu Shui's little butt hard.
Shi Qiushui cried and screamed in pain. It was late at night, and her crying attracted the attention of other neighbors in the courtyard. Old Lady Yang from next door was the first to come over, leaning on a cane. She banged hard on the door of the Shi family's house: "Shi Yue, Shi Yue, what's wrong? Why do I hear Xiaoqiu crying?"
Shi Yue had to stop. He opened the door and said to the worried old lady Yang, "Auntie Yang, it's okay. I'm just disciplining the child."
Old Lady Yang looked out and saw Shi Qiushui crying pitifully on the sofa. She said to Shi Yue earnestly, "Shi Xiao, the child is still young. It's normal for her to be ignorant. If you have anything to say, just say it to her nicely. Don't use violence..."
Li Xiuying, who had just opened the door, also said, "Yes, Shi Yue, Xiaoqiu is such a good child, why did you hit her?"
"That's right, Shi Yue, beating children is not a good idea. Even if the child really makes a mistake, you can try a different educational method..." The speaker was Ma Yulan.
"She saw someone teasing a stray dog today."
Shi Yue's words were the decisive word, and several old ladies who originally wanted to persuade Shi Yue shut up instantly.
If it were anything else, they could have given some advice, but it was a stray dog! Who knew what bacteria or illness it might have? Shi Qiushui was too bold, and he deserved a beating.
Li Xiuying and Ma Yulan were silent for a while, pretending nothing had happened, and quietly returned to their own homes. Only Old Lady Yang said with reluctance: "Well, Shi Yue, you've already hit Xiaoqiu, and I think she knows her mistake. Let's just leave it at that, ah."
She winked at Shi Qiushui inside the room and said, "Xiaoqiu, are you right? Do you know you're wrong?"
Shi Qiushui sobbed and nodded: "I know, wuuu, I know, wuuu, Dad, I promise, next time I encounter something dangerous, I will leave immediately and not join in the fun."
Old Lady Yang: "Oh, yes, Shi Yue, look, Xiao Qiu has admitted her mistake. Let's leave it at that for today, what do you think?"
Shi Yue nodded with a cold face.
Old Lady Yang saw that Shi Yue was still angry and was afraid that he would attack Shi Qiushui again if she returned, so she said to Shi Yue, "I see that you are angry. Cool down your anger at home. I will take Xiaoqiu to sleep at my house tonight."
Before Yue responded immediately, Old Lady Yang came into the room, pulled Shi Qiu Shui, whose face was covered in tears, up from the sofa, and took the little girl back to her home.
Shi Yue: ...
His daughter is really popular!
Shi Qiu Shui stayed at the house of Old Lady Yang next door for one night. She was still missing her father. She woke up early the next morning, said hello to Old Lady Yang, and then ran back to her home.
Shi Yue didn't sleep well either. He woke up at dawn in the morning. The anger he had felt last night had subsided, but he started to worry again.
In his past life and this life, he had never hit Shi Qiushui before. Yesterday was the first time he had hit Shi Qiushui, and he didn't hold back. He didn't know if Shi Qiushui was okay...
Shi Yue was just thinking about this when he heard someone knocking on his door. He walked over, opened the door, and saw his daughter.
As soon as Shi Qiushui saw her father, she immediately clung to him and said seriously, "Dad, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. I promise, next time I will definitely not disobey you and get involved in these dangerous things. Please don't be angry, okay~"
Shi Yue wanted to put on a stern face and say something to Shi Qiu Shui, but when he saw the little girl's eyes were swollen like walnuts, he couldn't bear it.
He frowned and said, "I made you cry last night, so your eyes are swollen today. Does it hurt?"
Shi Qiushui said honestly, "A little bit."
Shi Yue: "Come in, I'll boil you an egg and rub your eyes."
Shi Qiushui knew that her father meant he was no longer angry, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said with a chuckle, "Dad, cook me two more. I also want to eat eggs dipped in soy sauce."
Shi Yue: "Okay."
He entered the kitchen and was about to take out the eggs when he saw the cake he had bought last night.
Qiu Shui was not at home last night and he was not in the mood to eat, so he hadn't even opened the cake box yet.
Shi Yue remembered that when he bought the cake, the clerk said that it was some kind of animal cream cake, which had a short shelf life and was easy to spoil, so he quickly opened the box. However, perhaps because the weather had been much cooler in the past two days, the cake Shi Yue bought luckily did not spoil.
Although it is not broken now, it might break if left for a while longer.
Shi Yue simply cut the cake in half and used it as breakfast for the two of them.
After he cooked the eggs, he called out, "Xiao Qiu, come and have some cake!"
"cake?!"
Shi Qiushui's eyes lit up, and he scurried into the kitchen. After seeing the sliced cake, he said, "Oh, Dad, this is the cake you bought last night, right?"
Shi Yue: “Yeah, that’s right.”
He glanced at the little girl and said, "Yesterday, your father made a huge fortune and wanted to buy you a cake to celebrate, but you..."
Seeing that Shi Yue was about to talk about what happened last night, Shi Qiushui quickly interrupted: "Dad, let's not talk about unhappy things, let's talk about happy things. What huge money did you make?"
Shi Yue gave Shi Qiushui a piece of cake and took a piece for himself. As he dug into the cake, he said, "It was the two foreigners I received yesterday. When I left, one of them gave me a thousand yuan tip."
"How much? A thousand dollars?!"
Shi Qiu Shui's pupils trembled.
Shi Yue: "Well, a thousand yuan. I finally understand why the factory always says they want to earn foreign exchange. Foreigners are really rich. It's just a tip, and I gave a thousand yuan."
Speaking of foreigners, Shi Qiushui became curious again. She blinked and asked, "Dad, what do the two foreigners you are hosting this time look like? Are they the same as the ones we met in Panjiayuan before?"
Shi Yue: "They're different. The one we saw before had blond hair, and the two foreigners yesterday had brown hair. Well, it's strange, these foreigners are quite diverse in race. Even people from the same country may look different. No, not to mention from the same country, even people from the same family may not look the same. For example, the two foreigners I met yesterday were brothers, born to the same father and the same mother, but their eyes were different colors, one blue and the other green."
Shi Qiushui uttered a small "Wow" and said, "How magical."
After she finished her sigh, she scooped a piece of cake and put it in her mouth, then exclaimed "Wow" again.
Her eyes were bright, as if there were little stars in them, and she said, "Dad, this cake is so delicious!"
Shi Yue: "Yeah, it's delicious!"
He said to Shi Qiushui, "If you like it, eat as much as you can. It's best if we finish it all this morning. This cake won't keep well. It will probably be spoiled by the time we get back tonight."
Shi Qiushui: "Okay!"
While happily eating the cake, she continued gossiping: "Dad, did you buy anything when you went to Panjiayuan yesterday?"
Shi Yue: "Yes, of course. Those two foreigners bought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stuff."
Shi Qiushui stared: "Hundreds of thousands?!"
Shi Yue: "Yeah, hundreds of thousands, he bought it without blinking an eye."
It was hard for Shi Yue not to be envious. You know, he was considered a rich kid in the Dayu Dynasty before, but he had never spent money like this.
But despite his envy, he actually liked Mike and David. After all, they were easy to serve and generous. If possible, he would be happy to be their tour guide for a few more days. It was just a pity that the brothers came to China mainly for business and had other things to do, so they couldn't have fun like they did yesterday, so he was no longer needed.
Shi Yue felt a little regretful that this was only a one-time earner, and then he let it go. He slapped his forehead suddenly, and suddenly remembered something. He said, "Hey, Xiaoqiu, do you still need to prepare for your sports competition tonight?"
Shi Qiushui nodded: "Yes."
Shi Yue: "Then I'll pick you up around six o'clock, okay?"
Shi Qiushui: "Yeah."
Shi Yue: "Okay, then after I get off work today, I'll go check out the house on the west side. The decorator called me the day before yesterday and said it's finished and asked me to go inspect it. After I'm done, I'll pick you up from school."
Shi Qiushui: "Okay~"
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui agreed that after get off work in the evening, they would go straight to the house to the west after coming out of the machinery factory gate.
The renovation of this house on the west side took almost a month. The changes before and after the renovation are almost earth-shaking.
When Shi Yue stepped into the room again, he could no longer tell what it looked like when Old Man Qu lived here. The room was now completely new with white walls and ceilings, a newly laid spotless floor, and bright new glass windows...
The house has been renovated quite nicely, and since the materials used are non-polluting, there's no need for much odor. As long as you move the furniture in, you can live right away. *
However, Shi Yue had no plans to move in. After all, this place was a bit far from the machinery factory. If he moved in, it would be inconvenient for him to go to work or Shi Qiushui to go to school. So he wanted to rent it out.
After Shi Yue inspected the house and found no problems, he was about to go out and call Wang Wei, who was in charge of the decoration, to ask him to come over for the final payment. However, he had just come out of the backyard and had not yet walked out of the front yard when he was stopped by the round-faced Aunt Luo.
"Hey, Shi Yue, are you here to collect the house?"
Shi Yue: "Yeah, yes, come and collect the house."
Aunt Luo: "Hehe, I knew it. I saw the renovation team in the backyard finished their work a few days ago, and I guessed you would come over to collect the house in the next two days, so I didn't go out these two days, just to wait for you!"
Shi Yue: "Ah? No, why are you squatting on me? What do you want to talk to me about?"
Aunt Luo: "Well, if I'm squatting on you, there must be something wrong!"
Shi Yue was surprised: "If you have something to ask me, just tell me directly."
Aunt Luo looked around, then moved closer to Shi Yue, lowered her head and whispered, "It's that thing I told you last time."
Seeing that Shi Yue didn't react, she reminded him, "I was the one who said I wanted to rent a house!"
Shi Yue: "Oh, this matter."
Aunt Luo: "Yes, that's it!"
She looked up at Shi Yue and asked, "What have you thought about what I told you last time? Are you planning to rent it out? If you do, rent it to my family. I promise I won't let you suffer any loss."
Shi Yue pursed his lips and said, "Auntie, I'll tell you the truth. I do want to rent this house out, but it's newly renovated after all, so the rent I want is not cheap."
Aunt Luo: "It's okay! Just tell me how much you want!"
Shi Yue thought for a moment and said, "Eighty."
His price is definitely a little higher than the market price, but considering it all, it's a newly renovated house with three large rooms and a separate backyard, so eighty dollars is actually not particularly expensive.
Aunt Luo also understood this. She hesitated for a moment. Eighty yuan was indeed a lot of money, but it was necessary to spend it. After all, her family couldn't find a place to live with the new daughter-in-law, and her sons and daughters-in-law were fighting every day, almost breaking up the family.
Aunt Luo gritted her teeth and said, "Okay! Eighty is eighty! I'll rent it!"
Shi Yue was a little surprised to see Aunt Luo agreed so readily, but he didn't say anything.
He quickly discussed the details of the rental with Aunt Luo. No deposit was required, the rent was to be paid every three months, and Aunt Luo would pay the water and electricity bills herself. It just so happened that she lived there and knew how to pay.
After discussing the general details, Shi Yue simply wrote out a contract and had him and Aunt Luo sign one copy each. Then he collected 240 yuan from Aunt Luo for the first three months and went home.
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